The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-03-09

Waterbury, o. b. Boyce and e. w. Bisbee
of Barre, j. d. Denison of West Randolph |
and j. p. Lamson of Cabot were among the
arrivals at the Pavilion Tuesday.
THE railroad commissioners have made
their report upon the cause and results of
the railroad collision between Montpelier
Junction and Northfeld. They find that
Engineer Ward of freight train No. was
clearly guilty of negligence and conduct
wholly regardless of duties and rules well
understood by him. His fireman and for
ward brakeman were not blamelesS
LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
(Vt.) post-office March 5, 1897
MIS- M.: Sl5y Sagy Fssfsa FRsssS ES%s SfE Foley
Mrs Betsey K. smith, A. g. stone
Miss Maggie Wheeler Legal Commercial Union.
Parties applying for any of the above must
say ADVERTISED and give the date.
GEORGE w. WING. Postmaster.
THE Lend-a-hand Club connected with
the Church of the Messiah and all friends
interested in the same are to be entertained
at the house of Charles T. Sabin Friday
evening. Transportation will be furnished
to all by teams, leaving the Pavilion at 6: 10
p. NJ. and 700 P. NJ. and calling at A. G.
Browns, A. ID. Farwell's house and store
and at any point upon Barre street. Fare,
including the refreshments, twenty-five
cents for each person.
The Peoples Coasting Club, at its meet
ing Friday evening, unanimously adopted
a resolution thanking the Montpelier press
and public for their great encouragement
generosity and forbearance towards the
club. The resolution particularly thanked
! the officers and committees of the club for
the satisfactory and efficient manner in
which they have performed their duties,
the town and village authorities, the clubs
policemen and G.. II. Cross, DIR. Bailey, A.
j. Sibley, Arthur Baker and Arthur Far
WELL and all the many persons who have
lent helping hands to the club and made
its efforts for free sports during these win
ter months so great success.
A SPECIAL agent of the post-office depart
ment, sent here to learn whether Mont
pelier fulfilled all the requirements for the
establishment of the free-delivery system,
returned favorable report and the imme-
diate introduction of such a system was
confidently expected until it became known
that congress had failed to pass the def
| cheney bill and that, as result the recent
act extending the free-delivery system to
thousand inhabitants or a revenue of not
less than $4,000 becomes imperative until
the next fiscal year, commencing July LIST,
when the regular appropriation act goes
into effect Montpelier and Brattleboro
will therefore have to wait a few months
longer for the free delivery of the mails
on their streets.
THE railroad commissioners were in Mont
pelier last week investigating the recent
al. Iatx
Montpelier Junction and Northfield. A
Boston gentleman exhibited to the board a
model of the Robbins cylindrical steel pas
senger-car which is designed to be heated
with steam beneath the floor from an ap-
paratus under the car, and to be lighted by
electricity. The seats and spaces between
the windows, etc, are to be heavily up
holstered in leather or other material, so
that if the car should be thrown from the
track there would be less danger of serious
injury to the passengers This car ap-
parently has advantages, though if it should
be thrown from high bridge into a river it
might not be less difficult to rescue the
passengers than from the cars now in COM
mon use.
THE March term of Washington county
court convened on Tuesday, Hon. w. G..
Veazey presiding, and the following jurors
were drawn: Barre, c. w. Averill, w. A.
Whitcomb; Berlin, G. II. Stewart, O. d.
Jones; Cabot. b. j. Lance Calais L. A.
Kent, Aro p. Slayton; Duxbury, A. NJ.
Phillips; East Montpelier, Edward w.
Ormsbee, James r. Young; Fayston Robert
Maxwell: Marshfeld, r. III. Farr; Middle
sex, William Hudson, Hiram Comstock
Montpelier, j. G. Emery, w. f. Braman
Moretown, 7. b. Sleeper, b. n Phillips;
Northfeld, A. T. Andrews, Andrew Doty
Plainfield, r. II. Bartlett; Roxbury, NJ. F.
! Gram. WnitStaln 7 Walhri1Ua H
Lockwood Warren, Burnham Ford John
Spaulding; Waterbury, j. f. Sheple, Hiram
e. Boyce; Woodbury., r. f. Drenan; Wor-
cester w. II. Kellogg Jr. The jury calen-
dar for the present term contains twenty
one cases.
MONDAY, Tuesday and Wednesday, March
14th 18th and 16th are the dates for the
most unique and remarkable performances,
in many respects, ever given in Montpelier.
Professor ID. NJ. Bristol's wonderfully
trained horses are to appear at Blanchard
Opera-house on each evening of the three
dates given and in matinee on Wednes-
day afternoon. The exhibition of equine
intelligence will be something that none
will care to miss, and the number of enter
, tainments and the low prices of admission
leave no excuse for non-attendance. There
, is certain to be large audience at every
performance. The horses are furnishing
and the Free Press says that " the feats per
7 formed by these beautiful and intelligent
animals are something wonderful, and some
of them can hardly be accounted for on any
other suppostion than that a horse can
5 actually reason" Seats are on sale at the
, Phinney bookstore and those who do not
secure them before the hour of performance
are likely to wish they had.
THE "appeal to the ladies " in the last is
sue of the WATCHMAN seems TO have had
the desired effect, for thirty of the good
women of Montpelier, including representa-
tives of all the religious denominations and
all ladies organizations in town, met al
Christ church rectory Monday evening, full
of enthusiasm and with an earnest purpose
to do something for the relief of " oul
: splendid military band" Various means fol
the accomplishment of this purpose were
freely discussed and the Peoples Coastng
Club, through a committee consisting o.
Messrs. Thomas Osborne, Charles Cum
mings, j. b. Morse and G. s. Whittier (all o
whom were present., made known theil
= plan to aid by giving the band the benefit o.
3 | an evenings coasting with n small charge
a for the privilege and some sort of entertain
ment and refreshment for the inner man .
at the Golden Fleece, But the ladies were
united in believing that the most sure and
speedy way tomake up the deficiency would
: be by personal solicitation of subscriptions
and number volunteered to begin thai